cuniculus
noun [kyoo-nik-yuh-luh s]
plural cuniculi
a small conduit or burrow, as an underground drain or rabbit hole.
a low tunnel, as to a burial chamber.
Pathology. a burrow in the skin caused by the itch mite.
Origin of cuniculus
1660-70
Related forms
cunicular, adjective
Example
The remains of both cuniculus torquatus and of Myodus lemmus have beenfound in British pleistocene deposits.
The History of the European Fauna R. F. Scharff
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